Note: Her name has never been found to be shown as Lucinda in any source or oral history, including her brother's diary.[2] As far as we know, her name is was simply Lucy.
Native American Legend
Lucy Thompson has been suggested to have Native American heritage, by some descendants. However, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from a descendant of Lucy (through daughters of daughters) positively proves her maternal heritage to be European (Haplogroup U5b2b[3][4][5]) and absolutely not Native American.
Additionally, the Diary of Archibald Thompson[2], her brother, provides us with no reason to believe that Lucy was born in Georgia, in accordance with the legend of Indian ancestry.[6]
Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
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Acknowledgments
Thank you to Steve Conner for creating WikiTree profile Thompson-12774 through the import of Mikesell Winters_2013-09-04.ged on 4 Sep 2013.
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Lucy is referred to as Lucinda in the following book Mammoth Cave Forgotten Stories of it's Past, on page 154. Which I recently purchased from the Park Service. It also references her being half Cherokee from Conasauga Creek Georgia.
This book has a lot of history in it for several Pioneer families from the Mammoth Cave Area.
The book is flat out wrong. She is never found as Lucinda. Her name always appears in every source as just Lucy. Inventive people added Georgia as her place of birth to help justify her mythical heritage. No original source, including he diary of her brother Archibald, contains any mention of Georgia
Lucy's mother was rumored to be "full Cherokee" in oral histories. This has been absolutely proven to be false using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) testing. Unlike autosomal DNA which more people are now more familiar, mtDNA is passed only from a mother to her children with virtually no changes. By testing of mtDNA of Lucy's matrilineal descendants, her mtDNA haplogroup was determined to be U5b2b31. mtDNA Haplogroup U is not found in Native Americans, but is found in 11% of native Europeans and is held as the oldest maternal haplogroup found in that region. This proves that neither Lucy nor her mother were of Native American descent.
Thompson-15938 and Thompson-12774 appear to represent the same person because: Same first and last name, same link to "Skaggs" last name. Both have father as John Thompson. Both have mother name as Mary (although different maiden last name of mother). Same exact birth date, although different birth place, both have siblings Mary and George.
Thompson-20282 and Thompson-15938 appear to represent the same person because: same basic information, same husband, difference in dates should be documented for future research
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This book has a lot of history in it for several Pioneer families from the Mammoth Cave Area.
How correct it is, who knows.
Lucy's mother was rumored to be "full Cherokee" in oral histories. This has been absolutely proven to be false using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) testing. Unlike autosomal DNA which more people are now more familiar, mtDNA is passed only from a mother to her children with virtually no changes. By testing of mtDNA of Lucy's matrilineal descendants, her mtDNA haplogroup was determined to be U5b2b31. mtDNA Haplogroup U is not found in Native Americans, but is found in 11% of native Europeans and is held as the oldest maternal haplogroup found in that region. This proves that neither Lucy nor her mother were of Native American descent.
edited by Bill Vincent Ph.D.
edited by Bill Vincent Ph.D.